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Dr Gary Mitchell

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Dr Gary Mitchell

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Dr Gary Mitchell MBE is a Reader (Education) in the School of Nursing & Midwifery at Queen’s University Belfast and Director for Postgraduate Taught Education. His work centres on improving nursing practice through evidence-based education and knowledge translation, with a strong focus on older adult care and digital learning. He leads and contributes to multiple funded projects.

Research Interests:

  • Nursing education and pedagogy (including digital, artificial intelligence (AI) gamified and asynchronous approaches). 
  • Care of older people across non-hospital settings (care homes, community, hospice).
  • Dementia, Delirium, Parkinson's Disease, Cancer and Palliative Care in long-term care
  • Planetary Health, Decarbonisation in Healthcare Education or Practice. 
  • Mixed-methods/qualitative research (ethnography, grounded theory, evidence synthesis). 
  • Digital interventions and serious games for professional/ public health education (e.g., delirium, pancreatic cancer awareness).

Contact info

  • View Academic Profile
  • askmhls@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 5833
  • @GaryMitchellRN

Research Interests

Supervises (or has supervised) 20+ PhD students and welcomes enquiries across;

Healthcare education,

Digital learning,

Community/older adult care, and

Qualitative/mixed-methods topics.

Predominantly supervises students on a 'with publications' pathway.

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Public outreach & key achievements

Public outreach & key achievements:

  • Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to nursing (King’s Birthday Honours, 2023). 
  • National Teaching Fellow (Advance HE, 2025).
  • Fellow of the European Academy of Nursing Science (FEANS)
  • Queen’s Nurse (QN, The Queen’s Nursing Institute).
  • Former Chair, RCN Older People’s Forum (2020–2024). 
  • NIPEC Council (public appointee). 
  • NICECG103 Committee member (Delirium: Prevention, Diagnosis and Management). 
  • Editorial boards: Journal of Advanced Nursing, BMC Geriatrics, BMC Nursing and Nursing Reports. 

Research students

PhD Title Co-Development of a Serious Game to Improve Student Nurse Understanding and the Practice of Palliative Care
Name Abdulelah Alanazi
Country Saudi Arabia
   
PhD Title DfE CAST - Living With Pancreatic Cancer In Northern Ireland: An Exploratory Mixed Methods Study (NAM-05-23-GM)
Name  Lana Cook 
Country Scotland 

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